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Warner, Feb 2001, 26.95, 312 pp.
ISBN: 0446523429
When he was fourteen in 1765 Boston John Lawrence met sixteen year old Deborah Simpson, Hancock's whore. She believes in American independence even if she sees its leaders as frail males. Deborah persuades John to join the cause.
Deborah is the strategic planner working on the vision of freeing America. She also, with John at her side, becomes the operational planner to insure that events go according to her strategy. John, now aide-de-camp to General George, follows Deborah's direction though they make it seem as if George is running the show. From the Massacre to Lexington and Concord to Valley Forge Deborah leads, John performs, and George and his fellow Founding Fathers gain credit.
Some readers will categorize the LAST REFUGE OF SCOUNDRELS as a satirical alternate history while others will insists it is historical fiction based on facts overlooked by textbooks and historians. Regardless, the story line is amusing even if the Founding father's nickname comes from their boudoir activities rather than their leadership qualities and gives new meaning to “George Slept Here”. Deborah and John show quality planning and reengineering skills while General George and his cronies and the English prove status quo bunglers very interchangeable in their roles. Simply put in modern terms, in this novel the dress would have been Deborah's, the sperm would have been John's after cleaning George's output, Starr would have been King George III, and the Congress would have been Parliament.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 18th century
Life of a profession:
- soldier
Other aspects:
- immigrant story
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- champion of justice
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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